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IFC provides Morocco’s Fez-Meknes Region $30 Mln for roads projects & Covid-19 response

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) supports Morocco’s Fez-Meknes region road projects and covid-19 response with a $30 million funding.   Ten million dollars will be used for the purchase of disinfection and sterilization equipment, which will be used to sanitize public places. The remaining $20 mln will support the region’s plan to expand and upgrade […]

Sudan: at least 150 killed in renewed interethnic violence

At least 150 people including children have been killed in two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes between members of the Hausa people and rival groups over land disputes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state. The fighting is some of the worst in recent months, and crowds took to the streets the state’s […]

Sadi Shanaah: “Arab Spring – People Wished to Reinterpret What They Perceive as Islamic Values.”

Interview with Sadi Shanaah, an influential Czech-Palestinian political analyst and director of INSAAN – ‘Czech-Arab Centre for Cultural Dialogue’, about the roots of the Egyptian revolution, potential failure of Western media and U.S. support to the region. Mr. Shanaah, a special advisor for the Middle East to Mitt Romney‘s presidential campaign, Walid Pharees, says that […]